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Old 03-14-2012, 08:01 PM
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Somewhat related observation; I can ride at mild cruising or higway speed, around turns, and over bumps with the cruise set and my throttle hand just lightly resting on the control housing, or even no hands and it tracks straight and stabil through everything. Today, just for kicks I gave the handlebars a very gentle shaking motion and I definately felt what you could call a wobble, and it was rather uncomfortable, and it seemed a liite worse with more speed. Repeatable results, and when I just lightly rest my hands on the bars, the bike practically drives itself totally stabil. Until now I never gave it any thought, beyond likely mechanical deficiency, but maybe some of the reported wobble is rider induced, at least in the front end, that rear rubbermount wobulation is quite real.
 
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:46 PM
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Did you have triple clamp bearings checked to be sure they are tight? ? ? <-!->
 
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:05 PM
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I'm thinking neck bearings also. Or alignment issue between rear wheel and transmission.

I hated windshields until I got my King. Now I won't ride without it. Almost 9k miles, in all kinds of wind (including up to 60 mph gusts) and have never experienced any kind of wobble. It's not the windshield, or the apes causing the wind to hit you. That would just blow you around, not cause a wobble.
 
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Originally Posted by OldPhat
Did you have triple clamp bearings checked to be sure they are tight? ? ? <-!->
Everything is in proper adjustment on my bike, Ohlins/Ricor suspension, Sta-Bo support bushings, new E3s front and rear. I'm not complaining about wobble with my bike, it is actually very stable, I just made the observation today that you can make it wobble.
 
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Old 03-14-2012, 11:04 PM
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The usual from gallery will always start with the bolt on ladder devices which are useless.

That said as previously mentioned I would check the front end components. From there your alignment. A major variable that you did change are the apes, any of the previous issues along with road feedback are amplified because from the deflection of the apes. Your body posture and wind sheild could add further to the issue.

Good luck, but when your trouble shoot do one thing at a time to isolate the issue.
 
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